Making the news this week was a “mood map” of the United States showing three distinct “psychological regions” of our country. You can read partial descriptions of the three regions in the story below and get more information here.
The data for the research came from nearly 1.6 million survey responses (over 13 years) to psychological tests, chief among them was the “Big Five Personality Test.”
Click through to see how Seattle and Spokane faired in that psych-o-test – with the responses ranging from “strongly disagree” being 1 to “strongly agree” as 5. We put our responses for Spokane in parenthesis. The results are in the last few gallery slides. less

Making the news this week was a “mood map” of the United States showing three distinct “psychological regions” of our country. You can read partial descriptions of the three regions in the story below ... more

Making the news this week was a “mood map” of the United States... Photo-5391995.73072 - seattlepi.com

How Seattle scored on the "Big Five Personality Test."
Follow the link above to see this page in a more readable format.
Take the test as if you were Seattle and post a link to the results in the comments below! less

How Seattle scored on the "Big Five Personality Test." Follow the link above to see this page in a more readable format. Take the test as if you were Seattle and post a link to the results in the comments ... more

How Seattle scored on the "Big Five Personality Test ."... Photo-5392044.73072 - seattlepi.com

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How Seattle (red ... weirdly) and Spokane (blue .. ha) scored on the "Big Five Personality Test."
Follow the link above to see this page in a more readable format.
Take the test as if you were Seattle and Spokane and post a link to the results in the comments below! less

How Seattle (red ... weirdly) and Spokane (blue .. ha) scored on the "Big Five Personality Test." Follow the link above to see this page in a more readable format. Take the test as if you were Seattle and ... more